This has been happening for ages and ages, but it's only just started annoying me.
With Roaming Profiles, it seems that all things roam except

network printers

the Outlook account setup

In the first case, the network printers have to be added on the new PC, and in the second, the Exchange account has to be added pointing to the user's mailbox.
Is this behaviour to be expected?
Is there any straightforward way I can get network printers and Outlook to roam with the user (preferably not involving Group Policy, which I hate; Logon Scripts I love (because they are BATch files!))...
Thanks!

Later... for the printers I could probably again use CON2PRT (from the Windows 2000 Resource Kit), which always used to work fine - is there a newer program which does the same thing?

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Thanks, Joe!
[quote name='joeperez' post='762812' date='02-Mar-2009 15:07']Can't you use NET SHARE for the printers?[/quote]
I think the answer is probably no, for two reasons
1) the printers are defined on the file server, and NET SHARE seems to have no provision for 'other machine' sharing
2) there's no option to set a particular printer to be the default printer
Preumably that's why some bod in Microsoft thought it worth writing CON2PRT?

RUNDLL32 PRINTUI does much the same as CON2PRT, but it's a bit more agricultural (think Texas A&M!)...

To the Outlook problem, I say Phooey...

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Printers may be physically tied to PCs but the installation and use of printers is definitely tied to a user. Certain users may be restricted from using a printer regardless of its location. Do you not want the printers to roam with the user profile?

No, the printer roaming is really restricted to defining which laser printer is closest to their current PC, and thus will be their Default printer - in most instances they will have all our four printers added, Of course there are exceptions...!

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No, the printer roaming is really restricted to defining which laser printer is closest to their current PC, and thus will be their Default printer - in most instances they will have all our four printers added, Of course there are exceptions...![/quote]

Why not consider acquiring print servers and putting your printers on the network directly with their own static IP number and then giving rights and privileges to those who are allowed to use whichever printer you want them to use?

[quote name='skitterbug' post='763031' date='03-Mar-2009 13:02']Why not consider acquiring print servers and putting your printers on the network directly with their own static IP number and then giving rights and privileges to those who are allowed to use whichever printer you want them to use?[/quote]
They are already networked with fixed IP addresses - it is just a matter of minimising user effort in setting them up again if they move PCs. Most users would look at Add Printer with some horror!

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Not quite true: there is an interesting sample chapter from the "Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Resource Kit Documentation" called Configuring Roaming User Profiles and Folder Redirection with an exceptionally useful table at the end which could have been called "What Roams in a Roaming Profile"...

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